Nigerian-British grandma arrested with 13kg cocaine concealed in plantain peels

A 67-year-old Nigerian-British grandmother, Mary Yetunde Barek, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 13 kilograms of cocaine concealed successful fake plantain peels done the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The NDLEA disclosed the apprehension successful a connection issued on Sunday by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

According to the agency, Barek, who works arsenic a caregiver successful the United Kingdom, was arrested astatine the departure hallway of Terminal 2 portion attempting to committee a Virgin Atlantic formation to London connected June 28, 2026.

A hunt of her luggage reportedly uncovered 31 ample wraps of cocaine cautiously packaged to lucifer hands of plantain and hidden among different nutrient items. The recovered drugs weighed a full of 13 kilograms.

The fishy allegedly admitted ownership of the cocaine during interrogation.

In a abstracted operation, NDLEA operatives arrested a 45-year-old PhD pupil astatine the University of Putra, Malaysia, Nwabueze Felix Onyeka, successful ...